MetroVet Center

Dr. Waxman and his staff are fantastic. Dr. Waxman is very caring and knowledgeable. He takes the time to call informing of test results. The clinic is well maintained and clean. The staff are always very professional and prompt.

You’re done looking – this is the best vet clinic. Period.
Dr Waxman is a veterinary superstar – smart, friendly, and thorough. He takes his time with my puppy, Penny, and explains everything to me as he goes. This might sound naïve, but I really feel like he cares about my pet. He even follows up after visits. How great is that?
I seriously can’t speak highly enough about him and the rest of the staff. Every time I bring Penny to the clinic, Travis and Eric are the icing on the cake. Travis, at the front desk, is professional and patient. He’s also always efficient and conscious of my time. I appreciate that. Eric is also pretty awesome. He and Dr Waxman seem to work really well together.
Costs are reasonable and the bill itemizes everything in case you have any questions. But I assure you, the quality of service is worth twice what you’ll pay.
I’m just so grateful to have such a great team so close by. And I’m sure Penny is too.

I recently moved to Jersey City and brought my cat here yesterday. I couldn’t be happier with Dr. Waxman and his staff. Everyone was so friendly and was great with my cat Nemo. So happy I found them!

Really awesome people here. My little Havanese, «Flocka», is feeling a trillion times better!

i’ve gone to MetroVet twice, both under an emergency on a weekend as my regular vet do not have weekend hours. both times, doc and his staff were beyond accommodating, and put any and all of my anxiety at ease. the most recent time the entire staff actually waited past closing so i can bring my pup with his ruptured nail to be looked at on a saturday late afternoon/​early evening. i can’t say anything more or better about these gentlemen who’ve cared for my furry kids.

My dog is the very first pet that I own and being a first timer I had no idea which vet center should I take him to when he was not well. I took my chances and brought him to this place. This is for all the first timers Dr Waxman is the best Veterinarian You will ever find in Jersey City. The best part about this Vet Center is that it is open on weekends as well. They charge you pretty decent as compared to others (what I have heard).

Dr. Corey Waxman took over this practice, and he is an excellent veterinarian. I recommend him to every pet owner I know. He is thorough, knowledgeable, lovely to deal with and efficient. Most happily, he charges less for tests and even the office visit than every other vet in the area. I have been to many vets over the years and am four paws up on Dr. Waxman and MetroVet.

MetroVet is great. Very convenient, friendly staff, and Dr. Waxman is extremely personable and knowledgable. I take both of my dogs here for their check-​ups and also for emergencies. Dr. Waxman really cares about his patients (and their owners). Facility is clean and it is very convenient that the daycare is next door! Special mention for Travis, who is always so friendly, understanding, and flexible in setting up appointments!

I couldn’t be happier with Dr. Waxman and the staff at MetroVet. They are always extremely kind and willing to answer every single question that I’ve ever asked about my two dogs. The facility is extremely clean and they are very thorough with their exams and explanations of what they are doing.
I love the fact that I can set up an appointment to bring my two little ones in, no other location in Jersey City does that. We’ve spent 2 – 3 hours waiting at other veterinary offices only to be hurried through the exams. Not so at MetroVet, they take their time and make sure your little ones are taken care of.
I am also a huge fan of the fact that every single time I go to MetroVet there is one main Veterinarian and not multiple ones. You always know your pet will be seen by the same person who becomes familiar with your pet.
Our one dog has had very bad intestinal problems that hasn’t really come up with any reasons why. Dr. Waxman has been the only vet (yes we’ve seen multiple) that has given us different options on reasons why this may be happening and options on how to fix/​try and solve the problem, other than just giving him prescription dog food which is extremely expensive. Giving options and solutions instead of prescriptions makes us as dog owners feel that he really cares about the well being of our dog and not just having us spend money until the problem arises again.
We’ve permanently switched to MetroVet for both of our dogs, and I am so glad we did.

This was my first visit here and I brought my cat in for an eye infection. Travis and Dr. Waxman (and the technician) were all so helpful and attentive that I plan to make this my new vet office and I’ll be bringing my other cat here soon too for an annual check up :). Highly recommend Metrovet and Dr. Waxman. He took his time examining my cat and explaining things to me as well as how to apply the treatments to my cat. I find their prices reasonable also. Thank you for being in the neighborhood!

I took my cat in here on a Sunday recently. He was walking funny and not using the box and crying out to me.
First of all — I was thrilled that they were even open on a Sunday!
They greeted us immediately, everyone was so friendly, and the place was clean and inviting. The doctor saw us right away and explained what was going on and what they recommended with the cat very plainly and gave us options.
I had to follow-​up giving my kitty some medicine and monitoring his behavior in the box, and modifying his diet, but these guys were awesome and really helped my cat out.
The prices were very competitive too, I did not feel like line items were added for an upsell opportunity, as I’ve felt at other vets (and have been grossly overcharged before). This place was incredibly reasonable. I will only take my cats here as long as I live downtown JC from now on!

I’m sad, because I just moved to Jersey City and thought that Dr Holly Hanson was great. «Oh good,» I thought, «there’s a great vet close to my home. Check the box.»
Unfortunately, I just found out that Dr Hanson no longer works here, and the veterinary office is closed until August 2015 (at the very least) until they hire a replacement.
Hopefully, they resolve this situation soon, and hire a good vet – other vet offices in JC are far from my location.

I cannot sing Dr. Holly Hansen’s praises enough!
Brought my two French Bulldogs for wellness exams and annual vaccinations — an experience I DREAD each year, given how poorly one of the doggies handles these visits. While he still was his anxious self — shrieks and cries like you wouldn’t believe –Dr. Hansen and her amazing tech (who unfortunately I didn’t catch her name) were calm and compassionate; reassuring through the whole process. They made ME feel better about the whole thing, which will make return trips a lot easier to handle :)
The prices of examination, vaccinations, and flea/​tick/​heart worm medications were so reasonable… a nice change of pace from other places who are more worried about making money than caring about their patients. I highly recommend MetroVet.

We were so lucky to be in the hands of Holly the Vet. Our little girl, Kittie, is coming on 15 years, and was due for a check up. Naturally we were dreading a long and invasive Vet visit for our cat. We couldn’t have been more pleased with our experience. The office space is clean, pleasant and comfortable. We arrived at 955am for our 10am Saturday appointment. We were swiftly checked in and brought to our patient room. We probably waited about 5 – 7 minutes for the vet and the vet technician to arrive, which was really just enough time to get the cat out of her crate and such. Holly was just wonderful. She did a thorough examination without wasting any time, and suggested a blood test for kidney/​liver/​thyroid that’s usually good for older cats. She mentioned the price right away (which was reasonable) and put us under no pressure to go for it. We thought it was a good preventative measure. She was quickly whisked away to draw the blood and brought right back to us. We live in the neighborhood, but the entire Vet visit was less than 20 minutes long and the overall price was lower than what you’d pay in the 5 boros.

This a review of the vet service only. Not for any of the other services at Club Bark which is at the same place.
I have been to Metrovet more than a handful of times because it is so convenient for me — only about a 5 minute walk. But that is really the only reason why I go here. I have never been too satisfied with the service, with the exception of the first vet visit — I forgot her name, but she was soon replaced by Dr. Ash, who while seems nice, also seems like a bit of a scattered brain. One thing that really annoys me about him is that he takes notes on scrap pieces of paper, one time he even wrote on a piece of napkin — why doesn’t he have a chart? I always feel a bit uneasy about seeing him, but this place is 5 minutes away, so I keep coming back.
Today, I scheduled an appointment for my dog to have his annual exam, and it sounds like they have a new vet already (I have a feeling that Metrovet is like a training clinic for these vets and they rotate them in, so your pet will probably never have a long term relationship with any of the vets here).
When you sit in the waiting room, you can hear everything that goes on in the exam room and I can hear that this time the vet is a woman, so definitely it means that Dr. Ash has been rotated out and now, they have a new vet. And this one is a Chatty Cathy with each dog she sees (so much small talk, you would think she is at brunch and not working), and she was running behind already which they told me as soon as I walk in.
I waited for 45 minutes!!! My dog was getting antsy because he hates going to the vet, and now he has waited for 45 minutes and was really starting to be anxious. So, I finally inquired on when they will see him — how much longer?! The vet receptionist said I don’t know. But do I want to continue waiting? So, I asked her, well for how long? is it another 30 minutes or an hour? And she said I don’t know when the vet will be done with this patient.
I was so annoyed! Did she just expect me to sit there forever until the vet finish shooting the breeze with her patient? How come she can’t say how much longer — not even a ballpark? Are they dealing with brain surgery? I mean, they should at least be able to say a ballpark time frame. This is a small clinic, not a hospital, so they shouldn’t be dealing with cases that are very complicated and requires an indefinite amount of attention, because if it’s something serious, I am sure they will transfer or recommend the animals go directly to an animal hospital.
I told her I was leaving and she asked me whether I would like to reschedule. I told her, No, because this is really bad customer service.
I will NOT be bringing either of my dogs back to this place. I will go to Manhattan if I have to. These are my babies and they deserve good care.

Saw the vet for my dog’s annual exam. I totally forgot that she received the 3-​year rabies shot so all she needed was a booster. My last visit with the vet (in my old neighborhood) wasn’t so pleasant as my dog vomited violently a few hours after receiving the shots. I told Dr. Ash that she might be allergic, either to the booster or rabies shot… there was no way I could tell since she received both at the same time last year. He gave her a benedryl shot, just in case — at no charge — along with the booster.
Clean facilities, friendly staff and a caring vet. What more can you ask for?

I made an appointment with Metrovet to have my cat’s ears looked at. I didn’t have a specific doctor that I was referred to but was pleasantly surprised when Dr. Ash came in as I had read a few positive reviews on him.
Rosie (the cat) has some pretty awful anxiety and doesn’t do well around other animals so being at the vet is hell for her. It took about 10 minutes just for us to get her out of the carrying crate and she was pretty aggressive towards both myself and Dr Ash. He kept his cool the whole time, diagnosed an ear mite that was obviously bothering her, and went over treatment options with me. I had some medicine already when I went in there and Dr Ash let me know that I could continue to use that, rather than try to sell me additional products we didn’t need.
I think being able to trust and feel comfortable with the person who is caring for your animal is extremely important. If that’s important to you, go see Dr Ash.

Worst vet experience ever! I made an appointment and alerted staff that I would be using my pet insurance. I was ensured that I would receive 25% percent off her visit and cost of vaccinations, but lab work would not be included. On the day of the appointment, I was running a little late so I called the office to make sure my dog could still be seen. They told me there was no problem and just to come as soon as I could. Once at the vet’s, I waited over an hour in a small hot room for the vet to see her. However, I did not complain as I understood that due to my tardiness, I would have to wait patiently.
The vet then hurried her through her visit, saying he apologized but he was swamped. He gave her shots, said she may need some Benadryl for her skin allergies and left. He never even check her weight, temperature or overall vitals.
Then came my bill, I received nothing of the 25% that was promised. All of a sudden the shots were no longer a reduced rate. I implored asking why then their staff ensured that the insurance discount would be applied. I was told that I should check back with my insurance. At this point the vet came out and began asking me why the insurance company had told me that I would get 25% off never acknowledging that it was actually his staff that had made that statement.
By the way, I checked at the pet assurance website. Here is proof of their pricing policy:
Instant Vet Savings — Pet Insurance Alternative by Pet Assure :
I was yelled at, rushed, treated like liar and my poor doggie Suki did not receive an adequate annual visit! Do not go to this place. The lack of professionalism and care for their patients and family was truly astonishing.

Had the most ridiculous experience here with the front desk. I had called a week ahead to make an appointment for my dog’s anal glands to be emptied by a vet. My puppy had not been to this vet before so before I made an appointment, I specifically asked if I should make an appointment with the vet first (a $ 45 chagre vs $ 23 to just empty the anal glands). I was told I did not have to do that and could just come in for the anal gland expression with the vet. A friend recommended a specific vet so I picked the day he was in and a time he would be in the office for.
I showed up on the date and time of my appointment and they have no record of it! They have all my information but nothing regarding the appointment. I was then told the vet I asked for had left an hour ago and I’d have to meet the vet before my puppy’s anal glands could be expressed. It was such a waste of a trip — I don’t think I’ll ever come back this place if the front desk can’t even sort out their appointments.
Just to note, for the anal gland expression with the vet, they take the dog to the back so you have no idea of a groomer is doing it (they don’t go in apparently) or a vet.

The weekend staff we have dealt with is top notch. The best! Our favorite vet at the practice moved away :(and the overflow vet isn’t nearly as good as the regular vets but I will continue to take my pets here and reccomend it to friends. It is by far the best vet in the area.